Reports from the region have suggested the staff members worked for the World Food Program and the U.N.Development Program.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

Redmond says indigenous people throughout the region are under constant pressure from illegal armed groups, many involved in the drug trade.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

"It is a pretty significant earthquake,". "Given the size and location, we are anticipating some significant damage from the region."

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

But there are concerns that increased investment in medical services for the wealthy will draw resources from the region's public hospitals.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

The reason: Pakistan's army felt abandoned when the U.S.lost interest in the region following the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989.

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

The Queensland exhibition will feature the work of 160 artists from 25 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including Tibet,Turkey, Iran and Burma.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

(SAYING) The Iranian leader warned Israel about any aggression, saying a "storm of anger from the nations of the region will uproot you."

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

Mr.Zardari, whose country is battling Taliban forces along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, noted,through a translator, the region is suffering from major "geopolitical problems".

VOA: standard.2009.05.24

Espinoza says there was little interest in him from the American team, which has become the strongest in the region in recent years.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

Mr.Obama said even when the well is permanently capped, much more work lies ahead to help the Gulf region's economy recover from the disaster.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

The Pakistani army entered the South Waziristan tribal region last Saturday from three different areas in an attempt to completely surround the Taliban fighters.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

He also urged Russians elsewhere to refer to people from the region as fellow citizens,not outsiders.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

It would pump gas from the Caspian Sea region through Turkey,Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary to Austria.

VOA: standard.2009.05.11

"Given the size and location, we are anticipating some significant damage from the region."

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

The U.N.Deputy Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Juba,South Sudan,Lise Grande, says the number of internal conflicts in the semi-autonomous region has risen from last year's levels.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

Two people were killed in an attack on a bus in August. The Casamance region is separated geographically from the rest of the country by Gambia.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

Masibulele Yaso is a 28-year-old sociology professor from the South Africa's Eastern Cape region.

VOA: standard.2009.07.01

"We also give to local groups, but we only take scholarship applications from local Appalachian region children or groups that are trying to promote traditional music."

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

He says the region's Baluch people have important ethnic and cultural differences from Pashtuns in the tribal belt that make them less willing to harbor militants.

VOA: standard.2009.03.19

The six ships had defied a warning from the Israeli navy not to approach the region, and the ships were boarded early Monday by Israeli forces.

VOA: standard.2010.06.03